47 h. ago Taiwan's $250B Deal and China's H200 Ban Reshape the AI Arms Race

Taiwan's $250B Deal and China's H200 Ban Reshape the AI Arms Race  The Tech Buzz

Economics

4 d. ago Is India fuelling an arms race in Asia or closing a deterrence gap?

In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the region will depend less on such announcements and more on actual outcomes. To some observers, especially after India’s four-day clash with Pakistan during what the former called “Operation Sindoor” last May, the surge appears to mark the start of a regional arms race. That interpretation is...

Politics

1 week ago Korean peninsula arms race is heating up. How will China react in 2026?

As the new year unfolds, China finds itself grappling with strategic pressures fuelled by two US treaty allies at its doorstep – Japan and South Korea. In the second of a two-part series, Seong Hyeon Choi looks at how competing pressures in the Korean peninsula may complicate China’s security calculus. Read the first part here. In 2025, there was a major shift in China’s security environment relating to the Korean peninsula, as the North grew more open in its push for nuclear weapons and the...

Politics

1 week ago How will China react in 2026 as Korean peninsula arms race heats up?

How will China react in 2026 as Korean peninsula arms race heats up?  South China Morning Post

Politics

1 week ago US attack on Venezuela ‘death certificate’ for UN, will trigger global arms race: analyst

The American attack on Venezuela on Saturday could further undermine international institutions and accelerate a global arms race, analysts warned, with one likening Washington’s actions to issuing a “death certificate” for the United Nations. On Saturday, in a surprise precision operation, the US military struck Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were later placed in detention in New York. President Donald Trump later said the US would run the South American...

Events

2 w. ago China’s Laser Leap: Beijing Is Quietly Winning the Next Arms Race

China’s Laser Leap: Beijing Is Quietly Winning the Next Arms Race  The National Interest

Politics

3 w. ago Pentagon's 'LEAKED' Report Claims China Loaded 100+ ICBMs As Beijing Rejects Arms Race Charges

Pentagon's 'LEAKED' Report Claims China Loaded 100+ ICBMs As Beijing Rejects Arms Race Charges  Times of India

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3 w. ago Alibaba’s DingTalk rolls out Agent OS as it bets bigger on AI agents

DingTalk, the workplace collaboration app developed by Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled a dedicated operating system and new enterprise hardware as it steps up its push into AI agents amid an intensifying arms race among China’s tech giants. At an event in Hangzhou on Tuesday, the Alibaba unit launched Agent OS, an operating system designed specifically for AI agents, alongside DingTalk Real, a hardware suite that serves as a physical terminal for running those agents. Alibaba owns the South...

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4 w. ago How China's underdog status in the AI arms race is fueling their approach

How China's underdog status in the AI arms race is fueling their approach  KUOW

Politics